Artemis II Launch Day, Crew Suit-Up and Walkout
From left to right, Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover and Commander Reid Wiseman (front), Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and Mission Specialist Christina Koch, from NASA prepare to walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, ahead of the Artemis II test flight. The mission will take the Artemis II crew on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft with a two hour launch window opening at 6:24 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39B at NASA Kennedy.
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KSC-20260401-PH-KLS01_0321
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April 1, 2026
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NASA/Kim Shiflett
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